Below is detailed information on the Breakout/Discussion Sessions as well as Demo Competitions and Exhibits.
Breakout/Discussion Sessions 1 |
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Breakout 1-1:
Computer-based Testing – Regulation or Innovation? |
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Sub-title:
The Regulatory Context: How Awarding Organisations can
use the Presence of a Regulator to Add Value and Bolster
Quality
Speaker: Vikki Smith, City & Guilds
Sub-title: Process, Practice,
Patience…Lessons in Endorsing and Delivering Some New
End-User Computer Skills
Speaker 1: Garry N. Cleere, Q-Validus
Ltd.
Speaker 2: Joe Wilson, Scottish Qualifications Authority
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Breakout 1-2: Case Study:
Detecting and Preventing Fraud in High-Stakes Testing |
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Speaker 1:
Daniel Eyob, GMAC
Speaker 2:
Mark Poole, Pearson VUE
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Breakout 1-3: Computer-based National Exams
and Tests in the Netherlands and Denmark
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Sub-title:
A Nationwide Adaptive Testing Scheme: The Advantages and
Challenges of Developing and Using Adaptive Tests in
Denmark
Speaker: Tue Halgreen, Ministry of
Education, Denmark (Skolestryrelsen)
Sub-title:
Meeting the Challenges of Change toward CBT Exams
Speaker: Nynke de Boer, Ministry of
Education, Netherlands |
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Discussion 1-4: Emerging Social and
Technology Trends Impacting Talent Assessment
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Speaker 1:
Susan Martin, SAP
Speaker 2:
Eric Shepherd, Questionmark
Speaker 3:
Kasper Spiro, STOAS |
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Discussion 1-5: Regulatory and Legal Issues
Regarding Pre-Employment Selection Testing: Things you
Need to Know if you are Working with an American Client
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Speaker 1:
Jack W. Jones, Vangent, Inc.
Speaker 2:
Reid Klion, pan – A TALX Company
Speaker 3:
James Sharf, Sharf and
Associates
Speaker 4: John
Weiner, PSI Services LLC |
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Breakout/Discussion Sessions 2 |
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Breakout 2-1: Occupational Knowledge and
Skills Testing in Vocational Education and Training:
Policy and Practice in the United States of America |
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Speaker 1:
John Foster, National Occupational
Competency Testing
Speaker 2:
Robert Mahlman, The Ohio State University, Center of
Education |
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Breakout 2-2: How to Measure Skills, Ability
and Talent!
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Sub-title:
O*Net Anchors Validity Generalization Defense of
Employment Ability Testing Speaker:
Jim Sharf, Employment Risk Advisors, Inc.
Sub-title: Innovative Items –
Measuring 21st Century Skills
Speaker: Belinda Brunner, Pearson VUE |
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Breakout 2-3: Get Serious! Serious Games as
Beneficial Add-ons to the Testing Process |
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Speaker:
André Haardt, Futurewhiz and Sara de Freitas, Serious
Gaming Institute |
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Discussion 2-4: Innovations in Personality
Assessment |
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Speaker 1:
Eugene Burke, SHL Group Ltd.
Speaker 2:
Achim Preuss, Cut-e
Speaker 2:
Geoff Trickey, PCL |
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Discussion 2-5: The Role of Assessment in
Improving Performance in Customer Service Roles |
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Speaker 1:
Paul Smith, Pearson
Assessment
Speaker 2:
Carly Vaughan, SHL Group Ltd. |
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Discussion 2-6: Can Technology Help Us Stop
Exam Cheating? |
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Speaker 1:
William Dorman, Kryterion
Speaker 2: Ruben Garcia, Innovative Exams
Speaker 3: Mark Poole, Pearson VUE |
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Breakout/Discussion Sessions 3 |
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Breakout 3-1: The Global Career Development
Facilitator (GCDF): A Global Initiative to Assist People
with their Career Goals
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Speaker:
Andreea Szilagyi, EBCC
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Breakout 3-2: The Evolution of Adaptive
Testing: Advancing Psychometrics and Technology
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Sub-title:
Advancing Technology to Deliver
Adaptive Testing
Speaker: Mark Molenaar, Cito
Sub-title: Advancing Psychometrics
to Delivery Adaptive Testing
Speaker: Theo Eggen, Cito |
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Discussion 3-3: Assessment Workflow:
Processes and Technologies for Managing Assessments |
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Speaker 1:
Reid Klion,
pan – A TALX Company
Speaker 2:
Achim Preuss, Cut-e
Speaker 3:
Geoff Trickey, PCL |
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Discussion 3-4: Taking a Global View of
Talent Assessment |
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Speaker 1:
Eugene Burke, SHL Group Ltd.
Speaker 2:
Madan Padaki, MeritTrac
Speaker 3:
Nadine Schuchart, Hogrefe
Speaker 4:
Alex Tong, ATA Inc. |
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Discussion 3-5 The Future of the Employment
Testing Industry |
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Speaker:
Robert McHenry, IPAT and Penny Moyle, Opp Ltd. |
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Breakout/Discussion Sessions 4 |
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Breakout 4-1: Current Issues in Personality
Assessments
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Sub-title:
Faking and Personality Assessment: Where We’ve Been
and Where We’re Headed?
Speaker 1: Julie Carswell, Sigma
Assessment Systems
Speaker 2: Reid Klion, pan – A TALX Company
Sub-title: Making Adaptations of
Personality Assessments and Carrying Out Validation
Studies in European Countries
Speaker: Robert McHenry, IPAT and Penny
Moyle, Opp Ltd. |
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Breakout 4-2: The PISA Shock! Germany
Seeking for Assessment Improvement: Germany’s Challenges
to Follow the Progress of Pupils |
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Speaker:
Tom Duindam, Cito and Tobias C. Stubbe, Institut für
Schulentwicklungsforschung |
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Breakout 4-3: Language Testing |
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Sub-title:
Dial “A” for Assessment
Speaker: Patrick Craven, Cambridge Assessment
Sub-title: E-Assessment for the
Belgian National Language Exam
Speaker: Bert Wylin, Televic
Education |
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Discussion 4-4: Best Practice in Test
Security |
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Speaker 1:
William Dorman, Kryterion
Speaker 2: John Fremer, Caveon Test Security
Speaker 3: Eric Shepherd, Questionmark
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Discussion 4-5: Employment Testing and
Innovations in Situational Judgement Tests |
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Speaker 1:
Wendy Lord, Hogrefe
Speaker 2:
Michael Tack, Adforum
Speaker 3:
Carly Vaughan, SHL Group Ltd. |
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Breakout/Discussion Sessions 5 |
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Breakout 5-1: Developing Talent through
Integrated Learning and Assessment Programmes
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Speaker 1:
Marc Carpenter, Pearson VUE
Speaker 2: Nick Smith, Lloyd’s of
London |
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Breakout 5-2: Delivering High-Stakes
Assessments in the Medical Sector Across the EU |
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Speaker 1:
Ivan Coutinho, Pearson VUE
Speaker 2: Jorge Mineiro, EBOT |
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Breakout 5-3: Understanding and Measuring
Leadership Derailment |
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Speaker:
Julie Carswell, Sigma Assessment Systems |
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Discussion 5-4: Addressing Counter
Productive Behaviours in Organisations: The Case of
Managers and Leaders |
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Speaker 1:
Eugene Burke, SHL Group Ltd.
Speaker 2: Jack W. Jones, Vangent
Inc.
Speaker 3: John Weiner, PSI Services LLC |
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Discussion 5-5: Myth and Reality of a
Professional Certification |
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Speaker 1:
Richard Coady, Certiport
Speaker 2: Denis Saunders, Calibrand
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Demo
Competition and Exhibits |
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Demo 1: New Technologies for Test Publishing
in a Flatter World
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Bart Hendrickx, Questionmark
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Demo 2: Taking a Fresh Approach to a 360
Degree and Multi-Rater Feedback: Introduction of
Innovative new “Forced-Choice” Assessment Format
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Robert Feltham, Cubiks
Group Limited and Dimmy van Zanten, Cubiks Group Limited |
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Demo 3: MBTI Thinkbox |
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Penny Moyle, OPP Ltd.,
and Robert Mc Henry, IPAT |
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Demo 4: Edumatic Exam: Online Assessments
and Tests |
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Bert Wylin, Televic
Education |
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Demo 5: Marketing Your Test
Security/Integrity Message |
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Mark Poole, Pearson VUE |
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Demo 6: Optimising Knowledge Gain -
Minimising Resources - a Pioneering Concept, Based on
Job Role and Competency Requirements |
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Anna Zolland, EnlightKS
and Lena Bieblad, EnlightKS |
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Demo 7: Latest Developments in Question
Design |
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Lutz Pleines, LPLUS GmbH |
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Demo 8: Using Voice Recognition Technology
to ID Candidates for Remote, Proctor-less Test
Administrators |
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Robert I. Katz, Language
Testing International |
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Demo 9: When Chance is Not Acceptable: Using
the Adjective Check List to Facilitate Career Selection,
Development and Performance |
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Daniel Collins,
Measurement and Planned Development, Inc. |
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Demo 10: Expanding Your Test Delivery
Channel through Innovative Secure Technology |
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Ruben A. Garcia,
Innovative Exams, LLC and Kate O’Connor, Innovative
Exams, LLC |
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Sponsor Sessions (Wednesday) |
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Pearson Sponsor Session:
Mobile Trends in Assessment
Mobile devices are rapidly changing the way in which
people access content, use information and communicate.
With the advancement of mobile technology, what does
that mean for assessment providers and test vendors?
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Speaker: Michael Kayser, Pearson VUE |
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LPLUS Sponsor Session:
You Always Get What you Want:
Custom-made Solutions Realized by the LPLUS-System The session will show major projects of online
testing systems which have been developed over the years
by LPLUS. The presentation will show examples of
different individual customer requirements and how LPLUS
was able to customise the system to fulfil each of the
customer requests. The main emphasis concerns the
following: special question types, special examination
settings, special methods of valuation and examination
workflows.
In addition how LPLUS developed various customer
concepts of online examinations, will be made clear by
showing you the following examples:
- Leveling mass examinations (University of
Bremen);
- Mobile Test Centre concept (University of
Frankfurt/Main);
- Europe wide Testing Network (EASA, Cologne);
- Innovative question types for vocational education (DIHK GmbH, Bonn / ZWH, Düsseldorf) -
Multi-Media elements, free drawing, free text, formula editor, simulations;
- Nationwide online Abitur in public schools Exams
(Slovakia);
- Using students notebooks for high secure examination
(Free University of Berlin);
- 7/24 availability examination server for aviation
personnel (Sweden);
- Self-assessment and training solutions (Lufthansa
Flight Training, Bremen);
- World-wide Language Proficiency Tests (ICAO Test
Alpha-Tango);
- Collaborative question design and question management
(LPLUS TM-Editor).
The presentation will demonstrate the size and
flexibility of the LPLUS-System. It will also explain
the settings of the roles & rights of the system, as
well as the multiplex settings to show specific test
terms and rules.
Participants should also be aware that the system
must have a very high security level of operation to be
accepted by governmental examination bodies and
authorities.
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Speaker: Lutz Pleines, LPLUS GmbH |
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Sponsor Sessions (Thursday) |
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Pearson Sponsor Session:
Assessment Data – How to Create Meaningful Feedback
Abstract: An overview of how assessment data can be utilized effectively for the benefit of organizations and candidates.
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Speaker: Dr. Betty A. Bergstrom, Pearson VUE |
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Prometric Sponsor Session:
The Evolution of Computer-Based Testing: New Opportunities, New Challenges
The art and science of traditional testing methods are very well established. After more than a century and a half of experience in the development and delivery of multiple choice exams and hundreds of years of essay-based assessments our industry is well-equipped to maintain the status quo. But are the methodologies of the past sufficient to meet the needs of an increasingly complex and technologically advanced 21st century global society?
This session will explore the boundaries of the future by analyzing emerging trends in the field of assessment and illustrating how some of today’s most successful testing programs are shaping our future, one new innovation at a time. The theoretical and the practical are coming together to address the new challenges faced by our industry, including; transitioning from knowledge and recall-based exams to performance-based and higher-order cognitive skills assessments, effectively addressing fairness, validity and security in an environment of instantaneous communications sometimes conflicting cultural norms and finally, leveraging new technologies to drive speed, efficiency and scale into the development and delivery of world-class assessments.
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Speaker: Steve Williams, Prometric |